What is your favorite TMNT comic book cover?

[hi_polymer]

Not sure if this has been done before. Oh well.

You can post top 3/top 5 if you want.



I've always liked this one, although I don't think the metaphor works too well. I do love the coloring though.

[pannoni1]

Of course Mirage Vol. 1 #1 will always be the gold standard, the most popular and the best. But afterwards, I'd say Mirage Vol. 1 #4 (2nd printing), Mirage Vol. 1 #11, Mirage Vol. 1 #10, and Mirage Vol. 1 #7 (2nd Printing with the Utrom) are also right up there with my favorites.

[funatic]

I agree that v1#1 is hard to top, Neither of the April covers mentioned do much for me tho. The intergalactic brawl on the 1st print of v1#7 is great, probably my favorite of the early Eastman & Laird covers, #19 also very cool with the decrepit Raphael. I love Berger's style so his take on Leatherhead on v1#45 is a definite winner too. But my all time fave might have to go to v1#50, where Eastman & Laird redo their classic first issue cover. I love the colors and texturing, and just the look of the turtles in general. I have a poster of this cover (and one of the aforementioned #4 2nd print) up on my wall as a testament to its grandeur. And that's just the 1st volume... sheesh!

A.C. Farley does a bang-up job on the first issue of volume 2 with the turtles running through the sewers, and Dooney did some awesome work throughout volume 4, like Leo entering/exiting the Battle Nexus on 24 and 25. I think the covers may have been my favorite part of that volume

Tales v2 has some notables as well, like 40 and 65, both depicting a badass Raphael. And Andrew should get an honorable mention for making 70 follow suit with the rest of the RtNY style!

Hmm... that may have been more than 5...

[junkboy]

TMNT v1 CAW 54

[FoxZerro]

Leonardo Micro Series... I don't know when I first noticed that the brownish looking blob on the back was actually the Shredder but as soon as I did it instantly became one of my favorites.

I love the style on the Donatello Micro as well.

Though overall favorite cover has to be Vol. 1 Issue 15 I love the distressed look of it and all of the time and effort that clearly went into making it look like an old book from the quarter bin at a comic book store

[Venom]

Volume 1, Issue 5 - the cantina shootout!

[Plasticplayhouse]

i had to edit this...there are so many amazing covers it's really hard to pick just one. the more i reflect on this question and review the covers, the more i realize my original answere wasnt accurate. the one cover that has stood out for me over the years has always been vol 1 issue 32. i can remember the day when it first came out and i picked it up from the comic store rack. i was enamored with the art, both inside and out. it was the giddiest feeling that i have ever gotten from buying a comic. sure over the years tastes have changed a little and there a several other tmnt covers that i love as well, but #32 has always had a profound place in my heart. issue 18 is another equally beautiful issue, however back then i only had the income of a newspaper delivery boy and the only time i made it to the comic shop was when my parents took me to the mall, so i missed a couple of issues here and there. it wasnt until highschool that i finally saw and read a copy of 18 that belonged to a friend. while 18 is equally beautiful, it still doesnt hold the appeal to me that 32 does.

#32

http://s.ecrater.com/stores/153975/4...7a_153975b.jpg

[funatic]

I remember v1#34 [http://miragelicensing.com/comics/mi...01/34/34.html] being one of my LEAST favorite covers as a kid. I had a TMNT calendar on my wall and was super excited to see what picture would top the month of my birth, August. So on August 1st I gleefully turned the page to reveal... 4 DEAD NINJA TURTLES!?! Saddest day of my childhood.

[Dirty Blond]

Vol. 3, #13



Mirage Donatello Micro-Series Issue



Vol. 1, #58

[Donatello19]

The First Ever Issue Of Course!

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Donatello19

The First Ever Issue Of Course!

Seconded! Along with TMNTA#24 and TMNT#13 RI cover.

[Powder]

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...ghlight=covers

Search for threads man. This kinda thing is common and keeps coming up, it's best to just bump the old ones that were active.

[CyberCubed]

The best cover was the Tales cover with the big dog face.

[rich]

TMNT Vol. I #13

Spoiler:

[hi_polymer]

Originally Posted by Powder

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...ghlight=covers

Search for threads man. This kinda thing is common and keeps coming up, it's best to just bump the old ones that were active.

That one is favorite covers. This one is favorite cover.

[Powder]

Hairsplitter, it's just one of many. It's been done a ton of times.

[ComicBookBoy]

This is and always will be, the best cover!

[FoxZerro]

Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

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#32

http://s.ecrater.com/stores/153975/4...7a_153975b.jpg

I love this cover. I had missed out on a lot of the comics when I was a kid, my town had one street light and not much else growing up. It was years later when I saw this cover and was so impressed and intrigued by the art that I just had to buy it.

[zodach]

This one has always held a special place in my heart ever since I was a kid:

[Drose18]

City at war #5